Lyr Req: Dublin Town

Subject: Lyrics for 'Dublin Town'
From: GUEST,ryoder
Date: 09 Sep 00 - 10:49 PM

Does anyone know the lyrics to the jig "Dublin Town"? One verse starts out "I would be goin' to Dublin Town, If I had new shoes and a velvet gown." Thanks.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics for 'Dublin Town'
From: Noreen
Date: 10 Sep 00 - 06:39 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Apr 11 - 10:48 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: Thompson
Date: 19 Apr 11 - 10:54 AM

Never heard of this song (and I'm a Dubliner), but it's quoted here as:

I would be going to Dublin town
If I had new shoes and a velvet gown
But since I have neither I'll drive me pigs
And fill my day gaily with songs and jigs

(Can't find any more of it on a search for "going to" and "dublin town" on Google.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: MartinRyan
Date: 19 Apr 11 - 11:14 AM

Thompson

Nor do I, another Dub, remember hearing it. Your sample has a whiff of a dandling song/nursery rhyme about it?

Regards

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: GUEST,Roskolnikov
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 10:36 AM

The above lyrics come from the John Thompson first grade piano book. I don't know if there are any others.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: GUEST,slopezian
Date: 20 Jun 21 - 02:30 PM

Yes. It is in the Thompson book, and my granddaughter is playing the song, and would like more verses to sing along. Since there may not be any, we grandparents may have to create!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dublin Town
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 20 Jun 21 - 03:16 PM

Perhaps inspired by the well-known old rhyme:

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town,
Some in rags and some in jags and one in a velvet gown.